Emperor Kanmu

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Emperor Kammu (桓武天皇, Kammu-tennō, 735 – 9 April 806), or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2] Kammu reigned from 781 to 806, and it was during his reign that the scope of the emperor's powers reached its peak.[3]

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Emperor Kanmu
桓武天皇
Emperor_Kammu_large.jpg
Portrait of Emperor Kanmu, 16th century
Emperor of Japan
Reign30 April 781 – 9 April 806
Enthronement10 May 781
PredecessorKōnin
SuccessorHeizei
BornYamabe (山部)
4 February 736
Died9 April 806(806-04-09) (aged 70)
Burial
Kashiwabara no misasagi (柏原陵) (Kyoto)
SpouseFujiwara no Otomuro
Issue
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Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Kanmu (桓武天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Yamatonekoamatsuhitsugiiyateri no Sumeramikoto (日本根子皇統弥照天皇)
HouseYamato
FatherEmperor Kōnin
MotherTakano no Niigasa
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